How to Foster English Reading Habits In Non-English Students

To foster English learning, the need to flourish ones reading strategy is an important element. It is with this thing you start to speak the language you are willing to learn and then later try to understand. There are generally 2 types of strategies affiliated with reading. Pre-reading, During-reading and Post-reading strategies through the application of different online means through the use of distance learning universities that students enroll today in.

Pre reading involves assessing how well person has the background knowledge of a particular content and then reading the passage with interest due to some already background knowledge of the passage itself. During-reading on the other hand assesses individual’s skills in making connections and visualizing the theme or story over which an essay is written. Lastly Post-Reading then tells as to how better a person then comprehend over what has been learned and uses that in the most effective way as possible.

For this research two types of strategies from 2 different strategies shall be discussed and how later it can then be used/ can be used by learners to learn English language as a sheer skill effectively and this can come in handy for them if they really want to excel in the different English language online certificate programs available for excelling in their linguistic skills.

Starts off with a predication process that is assuming as to what the author would be saying for a particular content after having reviewed the main title over which the essay is being written or if not that then, captions or pictures that may be found inside the essay.

A strategy that encourages students towards the thinking process and then later assume best as to what the whole topic would be before actually starting off with reading.

Followed by the prediction process this strategy also involves vocabulary building. A process that is regarded as being ‘pre’ because the reader should know of every word as stated in the essay before he or she starts to read. Under such a situation teacher would pull out words from the context that are unfamiliar and ask in general to every student and if found wrong, the teacher would then make sure they write the correct meaning of new word and later also use it for their future references in online education.

Involves the story mapping technique that is students relate the essay a sheer story to easily sketch a picture as to what is being said by the author. This for a kid may be like coming up with a comical story to a grownup that would tend to think of a story that’s practical and easy to compare with the essay itself.

With story mapping process in place the next involves Think, Pair, and Share technique. An excellent approach when a need for group work is felt more rather than individual work. It involves giving students in pair a question over which they have to plot an answer. This at first would result in pairs thinking and then talk to one another in pairs over best possible answers. Where after having thought of the random topic as given by the teacher to the pair then sharing the findings with the class to see how well they have succeeded in coming up with the best answer.

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